Thoughtfulness and Understanding - Shalini Gurung

Thoughtfulness always leaves a good impression. A small group of thoughtful people could change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has. Most of the problems in life are because of two reasons:

1) We act without thinking. 

2) We keep thinking without acting.

1. Teach Empathy

We spend several months focused on learning. One essential habit that helps students learn to be kind to others, especially when dealing with conflict, is "seek first to understand, then be understood." This helps students see each other through a kindness lens and appreciate what each other is feeling.

2.Create a Friendship

When one act of kindness is conducted between classmates, the recipient of the act passes on a new act of kindness to another classmate until the entire classroom family has experienced at least one act of kindness bestowed upon them at closing circle.

3. Leverage social stories, including a problem to solve

Sharing social stories allows learners to be metacognitive about problems they may encounter. Have a class discussion about how they would feel if they were the character. What would they want at the moment? How would they want the problems solved? 

Understanding is something that comes from the mind of man. It is often used as a synonym for intelligence and discernment. Understanding is a mental faculty that is controlled by the mind of man.

Understanding is deeper than knowledge. Many people know you but very few who ustand you. The biggest mistake by most human beings, listening half, understanding quarter, telling double. Love allows understanding to go down, and understanding is precious.Where you are understanding, you are at home understanding nourishes belonging. When you really feel understood, you feel free to release yourself into the trust and shelter of the other person's soul.Empathy is one of the most critical social skills young learners can develop.Not only is Empathy a primary ingredient of bully-free schools and harmonious, inclusive classrooms. It's also a skill students will use for the rest of their lives as they grow into caring, compassionate adults and good citizens of the world. Empathy is a complex skill, but just like anything else, it can be taught.

Activity

Feeling collage

This is a fun activity to try in any classroom, especially if some of your students are especially shy and might have difficulty acting out emotion in front of the class. Bring a big stack of magazines to class and give each of your student's art supplies: Poster board or construction paper, scissors, glue sticks. Invite your students to cut pictures from the magazines of people expressing any kind of feeling, and instruct them to use these images to build a "Feeling collage'' hand out markers and ask students to label each picture in their collage with a feeling word.

By: Shalini Gurung@JMMS, John Martyn Memorial School, Salangaon, Dehradun 

Hard Work - Prakash Dangi

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Hard work and punctuality are essential for a happy and successful life. They help in meeting the desired targets of one’s life. It plays a very important role in the life of a student. A student’s life is the building block of his future. He must practice punctuality and hard work in his daily life in order to achieve his goals and be successful.

These days, there is a lot of pressure on students. They are expected to be the masters in all fields. The cut-throat competition in their life cannot be left apart. They can overcome all this with organised work which adds to their efficacy. Organised work and punctuality go hand in hand. If a student does everything in time, by making and following a time-schedule ethically, he will never lag behind.

Hard work, which is the key to success, will help a student to enhance his skills. It will also increase his confidence which is a must for all students. A student must know the importance of time. The time that has once gone never comes back is an old saying and a student must keep it in mind. A student must know how to manage his precious time because student-life is the most important part of one’s life. And here if time is lost, it means everything is lost. 

He should not be taken in by others’ views. Rather he should be his own manager. And a good manager is one who does the right thing at the right time and at the right place. So, all of these three issues should be kept in mind by a student if he wants to establish good grounds for his future.

Prakash Dangi, The Fabindia School, Bali, pda@fabindiaschools.in

Time Is Money - Punita Chouhan

It is rightly said time is more precious than money. Money once lost can be regained sooner or later, but time once lost is lost forever. There is a famous saying that 'Time and Tide waits for none'.

A lost opportunity may spoil one's life. Those who do not listen to the alarm of time, repent afterwards. A wise person waits for proper and opportune time. If he/she makes full use of it he/she leads a successful and happy life. It is no doubt advisable to change the plans according to the time. Whatever the job be, it is of paramount importance for everyone to make use of time to be successful. Hence learn not to waste time.

Punita Chouhan, The Fabindia School <pch@fabindiaschools.in>

Time Waits for None : Time - Shivani Rao

Time one of the most precious thing on the earth. Once it goes, never returns. Success and failure of a person depending on how they utilize their time. To achieve successful lifetime management is necessary.

What is time management?  We all have got 24 hours in a day. We cannot do each and everything that we desire to.  This creates hurdles in our everyday work.  Human beings have an unlimited dream to fulfil each, time management is required. In order to work upon each and every corner of your interest division of time is necessary, so that you can complete all your task on time. 

You can be at any stage of your time management strategy leads your future. If you are students studies should be given first priority then come to your personal development and then social life that consist of family and friends. It is important for students to take out time from the daily routine of schools and colleges for personal growth. If you are a working person then running after money should not be your first priority your quality of work should be. Then comes our family. It's equally important to spend time with them.  One must always remember that lost money can be regained if you use your time wisely but lost time can never be repurchased.

Shivani Rao

The Fabindia School

sro@fabindiaschools.in

Discipline shapes one's Personality - Bharti Rao

Discipline means order or code of behaviour which is the key to success. If you want to be successful you need to inculcate a sense of duty and obedience of life. Self-discipline is essential not only in the student’s life but also in all walks and ages of life. If you are not disciplined and do have a structure, then your life will be full of chaos and confusion.

Self-discipline needs to be inculcated very early in life. It helps us to build self-confidence, balances our personality and helps us to inculcate good work ethics. Discipline is a must both in schools, home or our workplaces. In today’s world where we see cut-throat competitions and as time is precious; there is a need for us to be disciplined. 

Concentration also comes through self-discipline and this will help us to scale new heights. We need to be disciplined both in our personal and private life. Discipline helps us to create an order which helps us to perform in a systematic way. Disciplined life helps in time management. So, if we want to be successful we need to aim to be more self-disciplined.

Bharti Rao, The Fabindia School

Honesty wins Respect: Ajay Vijayvargi

Honesty cannot be  associated with monetary transactions alone, it is required in every

aspect of human life. For example, an honest factory worker will report on time, leave on time and will not waste precious work hours in gossip or doing non-productive work, not getting involved in any type of politics etc will always gain respect from his seniors, colleagues and subordinates. Now take another example of a country leader working long hours, taking decisions in the interest of his nation and people only, decisions on time, no scams and so on will make him win respect from countrymen and internationally.

As an individual, we need to be honest with our family, friends circle, society, workplace and nation and we will be winning respect from everyone. Being honest with your students will win you their respect, lot many times an educator come across a situation when a question asked by a student cannot be explained or answered or if explained, students are not able to understand, so an educator must honestly say that okay student we will try again /let me think today and will discuss it tomorrow, definitely, students will be impressed by your honesty and will start respecting you even more.

Respect is to be earned and cannot be gained forcefully.

*Honesty is the best policy*.

 Ajay Vijayvargi

The Fabindia School